Transcript Badger Class 2011-12 - Drayton Community Infant School

Badger Class 2B 2011-12
Adults
Class Teacher: Mrs Laura Besenzi –
Deputy Headteacher
Classroom teaching assistant: Mrs Jackie
Harriss
Lunchtime assistant (MSA): Mrs Anna
Gant
Cover Teacher: Mr Joe Mills
Open Door Policy
• Nothing too big or too small.
• Pass on messages through the TA (mainly),
Teacher or written communication (the red
home link book).
• Happy to make appointments.
• Email:
[email protected]
Timetable of week
• Mrs Besenzi – Monday to Friday except
for the following times:
- Tuesday afternoon: Mr Mills
- Wednesday afternoon: Mrs Harriss
Routine
• Children come into school completely
independently (no adults indoors
preferably).
• Being on time is vital!
• Please name everything!
• Encourage indoor shoes if outdoor shoes
are muddy/wet.
Parent Helpers
• If you would like to help, please ask to have a
(free) CRB - see school office.
• If you are skilled or talented please tell Mrs
Besenzi (e.g. can make cards, play an
instrument, work for the fire service, etc).
• Regular helpers will be chosen primarily for
school visits.
School Visits
• Roman Catholic Cathedral
• Norwich Castle Museum
• Dotty Line Train trip
• Sign up now!
Teaching Writing
• Look at the Medium Term Plan overview
to see coverage.
• Times have changed – focus not
primarily on handwriting and spelling.
Lots of other features are the focus of
our sessions.
Reading
• Guided Reading Session – at least one per
week.
• New book scheme.
• Varied and greater breadth.
• Reading comprehensions and questions to
suit the book may be sent home from time
to time. Please complete with your child
and return in their book bag.
• Any lost or damaged books – we will ask for
the cost to be covered.
A little extra support
• Some children need a little extra
support.
• Mrs Besenzi will send home ‘I can do…’
books for the children to complete each
week.
• Mrs B will discuss this with you if your
child is chosen.
Coverage of work
• Medium Term Plan…
History and
Geography:
•Look at castles
across the ages.
•What are castles
for?
•Where are castles
found?
•Who lived in castles?
•Make a collage map
•Find out about 1066
PSHE:
•All about me
•Emotions
•Making mistakes
•Things I love or find
difficult
Art:
•Design a coat of arms
•Use clay to make
design.
•Review and evaluate
Literacy: using the Primary Framework
Week 1 – Assessment of reading and
writing
Week 2 to 5 – Traditional Stories.
•Read several traditional tales;
•Prepare and retell the stories;
•Compare the themes, settings & characters;
•Watch a performance of a tale from
another culture.
•Write their own short story based on a
traditional tale.
Weeks 6 & 7 – Poetry (Patterns on the
page)
•Hear & respond to poems with patterns;
•Explore the poems in paper & on screen;
•Write own poetry with playful language
& inventive patterns.
What
will we
learn?
PE (Val Sabin)
•Dance (link to
Literacy)
1st
Autumn
Half Term
Year 2
2011
DT:
•Drawings
•Making, using
different materials
for the castle.
•Medieval food
Tasting (banquet)
Numeracy: using the Primary Framework
Week 1 – Assessment of following units.
Weeks 2 & 3 – Block A Unit 1
Counting, partitioning and calculating:
Read & write 2 and 3 digit numbers; count & order
up to 100 objects by grouping into 2s, 5s and 10s;
add/subtract mentally; begin to use x and divide.
Weeks 4 to 6 – Block B Unit 1
Securing number facts and understanding shape:
•Continue patterns; solve problems with +,-, x and /;
find all pairs of + and – to 10 and 20; double and
halve; times tables for 2, 5 and 10; name and
describe 2D and 3D shapes.
Week 7 – Block C Unit 1
Handling data and measures:
•Answer a question with a table and graph; estimate,
Compare and measure lengths, weights & capacities.
Topic:
Castles
Music:
•Explore music
techniques
•Harvest celebration
music
RE:
•Finding out about
Judaism.
•Celebrating harvest.
ICT:
•Simulations including
looking at building castles and
stories using computer
software.
•Story making.
•Lego castle designer.
•BBC Science Clips.
Science
•Materials – identify some
naturally occurring materials
•Predict and describe how
heating can change some
materials.
•Describe what happens to
water when it is heated or
cooled.
•Investigate and record.
Home learning…
• How can you help your child?
• Half-termly holiday projects relating to
the theme/topic/learning.
• Regular reading – trips to the library.
• Spellings – sent home fortnightly.
Should be learnt at home. Spelling books
should be in school every Friday.
Website
• Information:
www.draytoninfant.norfolk.sch.uk
• Class page and other information.
• School policies are on the school
website.
PE and outdoor learning
• Good to have this in each day of the week –
will be sent home on a Friday.
• Kit should include: indoor/outdoor shoes
(plimsolls/trainers), t-shirt, shorts, socks and
hair tie for long hair. Preferably no ear rings
(wastes curriculum time).
• A pair of wellies, rain jacket and spare full
length joggers (trousers) would be great to
be kept in school each day.
Swimming - essentials
•
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What to wear…
Swimming hat
Goggles (non-essential)
Girls: One piece suit
Boys: Trunks or shorts (far above the knee)
Pick up from Junior school gates at 3pm. Pick
siblings up from the infants after. Mrs
Besenzi will walk back up the hill at 3:05pm
with any uncollected children.
Water bottles
• Children need plain water to survive the
day. Please only bring this in, in a named
water bottle.
• If thirsty, children will form good
habits to drink plain water.
• No water bottles in book bags.
Notice boards
• Information for our class and school will
be displayed on these.
• As part of the Parent Forum, we will ask
for comments and suggestions via the
notice board. Please help us to get even
better!
Rewards
• Reward chart – children collect 20 stickers
on a book mark. Choose a prize then take
book mark home.
• Golden Time – sunshine and sad cloud.
- Children set their own rules.
- Following 3 warnings children will be moved
to the ‘Sad cloud’. Each time they are
moved they will miss 5 minutes. School
behaviour policy follows after this.
- Every adults adheres to this system in this
class.
Garden Helpers
• Anyone, of any age…
Telephone tree…